2 shot, including boy, 13

Two people, including a 13-year-old boy, were shot Saturday afternoon in separate incidents on the South Side, bringing the total number of shootings since Friday to 15, officials said.

The 13-year-old boy was shot in the lower left leg about 4:25 p.m. on the 6100 block of South Indiana Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney said.

The boy was taken to Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago, where his condition had stabilized.

A short time later, about 5:05 p.m. a 19-year-old man was shot in the upper left thigh on the 1600 block of East 72nd Street in the South Shore neighborhood, Sweeney said. The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition had stabilized.